Daily Dispatches

Yesterday we reported that RR (Robert Rubin, Treasury), and BB (Bruce
Babbit, Interior) had been held in contempt by U.S. District Judge Royce
Lambeth. RR and BB had failed to produce documents related to a class
action lawsuit over the mishandling of 300,000 Indian accounts worth an
estimated $500 million.

We asked for G O G A T A VIEWPOINTS and more background information
for sharing with GATA egroup members.

In reviewing The Market Mavens Report.com Market Outlook: Gene Inger for
Thursday Feb. 11, I came across this tidbit that you might be interested
in: -

"Our view was that the January rallies were the culmination of rewards
for those who agreed the 'fix was in' last Fall, or who don't at all buy
the argument that Gold has to move before anyone's going to worry about

IN COURT IT WILL BE KNOWN WHERE THE BUCK STOPS
Boudewijn Wegerif, GATA vice-chair

The renowned gold analysts Veneroso Associates
(www.venerosogold.com/essays.htm) declared in an Executive Summary
mid-January, a week or so before Chris Powell's Invitation to a Lawsuit:
"The fact that (the price of gold) meets repeated impenetrable
resistance at $300 has set off speculation that the official sector is

Samuel Martirosian (smartirosian@hotmail.com) takes up the cudgel for
GATA and writes to CANADIAN INVESTOR re Barrick Gold ABX:

I am a gold investor. The message below has been circulated among the
large gold investing community. Your company (Barrick Gold ABX) was
mentioned along with Anglogold as one of the most damaging companies
that bring devastation to the gold industry overall.

The following media statement by GATA Chairman Bill Murphy was sent out
on Monday, February 8, and has been widely circulated. Please spread the
message and encourage your own media contacts to act on it.

Hard To believe, from where I am sitting, but it was just a fortnight ago that
Chris Powell wrote, as guest at the Kiki Table, Le Metropole Cafe
(www.lemetropolecafe.com), "If Midas (Bob Murphy) is right about what is
happening, the brokerages and their accessories are part of a vast conspiracy
that is breaking antitrust law. We of the Gold Party should be suing to stop